REMM Bibliography - Radiation Safety

• Physics and radiation safety
• Federal protective action guides (PAGS) for radiation incidents: key federal documents
• Key National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) documents about radiation emergencies
• See also:
  • Radiation Safety Officer
  • Radiation Safety: Multimedia Library

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Physics and radiation safety

• Pocket Guide for Medical Physicists Supporting Response to Radiological Emergency (IAEA, 2020)
• Bushberg JT, Kroger LA, Hartman MB, Leidholdt EM Jr, Miller KL, Derlet R, Wraa C. Nuclear/radiological terrorism: Emergency department management of radiation casualties. J Emerg Med. 2007 Jan;32(1):71-85. [PubMed Citation]
• Factors that decrease dose from exposure: Time, distance, shielding
  (Illustration)
• Ionizing radiation - standards (OSHA)
• General principles for the radiation protection of workers
  (International Commission on Radiological Protection, ICRP Publication 75, 1998)
• Assessment of occupational exposure due to intakes of radionuclides safety guide (PDF - 316 KB) (IAEA Safety Reports Series No. RS-G-1.2, 1999)
• Assessment of occupational exposure due to external sources of radiation safety guide (PDF - 307 KB) (IAEA Safety Standards Series No. RS-G-1.3, 1999)
• Radiation Shielding (Animation, Illustrations, Video)
• Safety around radiation sources (REAC/TS)
• Maiello ML, Groves KL "Ken". Resources for nuclear and radiation disaster response (PDF - 143 KB) (Nuclear News, September 2006)
• How can you detect radiation? (Health Physics Society)

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Federal protective action guides (PAGs) for radiation incidents: key federal documents

• PAG Manual: Protective Action Guides and Planning Guidance for Radiological Incidents, EPA-400/R-17/001 (PDF - 1.48 MB) (EPA, January 2017)
• Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation, Second edition, 6/2010 (PDF - 2.62 MB) (National Security Staff, Interagency Policy Coordination Subcommittee for Preparedness & Response to Radiological and Nuclear Threats)
• See also:
  • REMM Protective Actions and Protective Action Guides
  • REMM Monitoring Radionuclides in Drinking Water and Food: Routinely and After a Release

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Key National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Documents about Radiation Emergencies

• Guidance for Emergency Response Dosimetry, (NCRP Report 179), Bethesda, MD, 2017.
• Decision Making for Late-Phase Recovery from Major Nuclear or Radiological Incidents, (NCRP Report No. 175), Bethesda, MD, 2014.
• Investigating Radiological Incidents, (NCRP Report No. 173), Bethesda, MD, 2012.
• Population Monitoring and Radionuclide Decorporation Following a Radiological or Nuclear Incident, (NCRP Report No. 166), Bethesda, MD, 2011.
• Responding to a Radiological or Nuclear Terrorism Incident: A Guide for Decision Makers (PDF - 1.61 MB) (NCRP Report No. 165), Bethesda, MD, 2010.
• Uncertainties in Internal Radiation Dose Assessment (NCRP Report No. 164), Bethesda, MD, 2009.
• Radiation Dose Reconstruction: Principles and Practices (NCRP Report No. 163), Bethesda, MD, 2009.
• Management of Persons Contaminated with Radionuclides: Scientific and Technical Bases (NCRP Report No. 161, Vol. II), Bethesda, MD, 2010.
• Management of Persons Contaminated with Radionuclides: Handbook (NCRP Report No. 161, Vol. I), Bethesda, MD, 2008.